Over The Hill Gang , Old Farts with Young Cars

[SSGirl]

I got the huge honor of to meet and have lunch with her!!! Here's a few pics!

[Pro Street]

Originally Posted by Ladybugsmom

I'm 43 & Jay (Lightning) says I'm too young... I look & think young, but I'm falling apart, so I must be old...

One of the fleet of loaner cars got returned this morning, so I ended up with a Malibu 4 door automatic. Yuck.
I guess I was supposed to get a couple recall notices in the mail, but didn't... So all of you need to get to your dealer & get a wiring harness fixed, and the AC reprogrammed if you haven't already!
Jay, the service tech fixed the grounding issue on the scanner for me... they said the engine bolt is a bad spot! I will send you a pic of how they did it when I go pick Ladybug up after work!

Send me the picture too please!!! Or just post it here so everyone can see!!!

[SSBUSDRVR]

Thanks look forward to joining in more often. SSGirl great pix. Still have a house on the SW side of town in Vegas Will look for your wheels when visiting. Used to spend quite bit of time there.

[SSGirl]

Originally Posted by SSBUSDRVR

Thanks look forward to joining in more often. SSGirl great pix. Still have a house on the SW side of town in Vegas Will look for your wheels when visiting. Used to spend quite bit of time there.

You should come out and see us when your in town! We meet every Saturday at Cars & Coffee!

[SSBUSDRVR]

Where do you hold Cars and Coffee at? Will keep that in mind.May be showing up in a Rental Bomb though LOL Don't make it out there much(except through the airport) after my Grandparents and Mom passed the last few years ago.Caffeineaholic. Used to hang out at Starbucks on Sahara/Decatur and It's a Grind up on DI and Durango.

[hotrodsally]

Originally Posted by race29

44 here...yup you learn alot by the 40's some good some not so good. Definitely seems to be an age to reevaluate your life and yup stuff falls apart. Hence the need for the car to make us all feel younger.

I'm 22 with lotso experience .

[SSGirl]

Originally Posted by SSBUSDRVR

Where do you hold Cars and Coffee at? Will keep that in mind.May be showing up in a Rental Bomb though LOL Don't make it out there much(except through the airport) after my Grandparents and Mom passed the last few years ago.Caffeineaholic. Used to hang out at Starbucks on Sahara/Decatur and It's a Grind up on DI and Durango.

9500 S Eastern Ave in the Sansone Park Place shopping center (215 and Eastern.) So it would be a bit of a cruise for you but we'd love to have you come out and hang with us. C&C goes from 7-10am every Saturday. I get there around 8am and we hang out and then around 9:30am we head off to breakfast. You don't have to show up on a Camaro at all. Just come out and meet us! Hope to see you soon!
Lori

[Ladybugsmom]

Originally Posted by Pro Street

Send me the picture too please!!! Or just post it here so everyone can see!!!

OK, here ya go. They didn't just find a new place for the ground wire, they made one!

[RubyCamaro]

Originally Posted by SSGirl

I got the huge honor of to meet and have lunch with her!!! Here's a few pics!

You beat me to it. The hellicopter ride was great! I had so much fun meeting & having lunch with you. Thanks so much for shuffleing your schedule to work it out. Here are a few more pics we took.

[RubyCamaro]

One more. I'll post more when we get home.

[lightning]

Originally Posted by Ladybugsmom

OK, here ya go. They didn't just find a new place for the ground wire, they made one!

That looks like a good ground spot. Thanks for providing the pic. I would disagree that the engine block bolt is a bad choice though. The engine block is well grounded for two reasons: 1- In order for the spark plugs to provide a good healthy spark the engine block needs a good solid ground. So the auto manufacturer makes sure the block is well grounded. Second, the starter motor gets it's ground connection thru the engine block. For the short period of time that the starter motor is turning there is a substantial amount of current required to run the starter. To do that the ground to the engine block must be heavy and solid. Therefore, using the engine block bolt as ground for the scanner lights would be a good choice.

Originally Posted by RubyCamaro

You beat me to it. The hellicopter ride was great! I had so much fun meeting & having lunch with you. Thanks so much for shuffleing your schedule to work it out. Here are a few more pics we took.

Great pics RubyCamaro. You're a great looking gal. You and SSGirl both.

[rjdapilmoto]

Originally Posted by RubyCamaro

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You beat me to it. The hellicopter ride was great! I had so much fun meeting & having lunch with you. Thanks so much for shuffleing your schedule to work it out. Here are a few more pics we took.

Nice pics!! Two for One... Hee! Hee!

[remdds]

Originally Posted by RubyCamaro

Greetings from Vegas. Here are a few pics. Old farts have more fun!!!!!!!

Was there on the fourth of July. I recognize the Auria in your pics. Is that where you stayed? My wife won a grand on the penny slots. I was lucky to break even. The Saturday we were there it was 111 degrees. Rained Sunday.
Hope you had a cool time.

[Ladybugsmom]

Originally Posted by lightning

That looks like a good ground spot. Thanks for providing the pic. I would disagree that the engine block bolt is a bad choice though. The engine block is well grounded for two reasons: 1- In order for the spark plugs to provide a good healthy spark the engine block needs a good solid ground. So the auto manufacturer makes sure the block is well grounded. Second, the starter motor gets it's ground connection thru the engine block. For the short period of time that the starter motor is turning there is a substantial amount of current required to run the starter. To do that the ground to the engine block must be heavy and solid. Therefore, using the engine block bolt as ground for the scanner lights would be a good choice.

The service guys only thought it was a bad spot because you'd end up with a wire just hanging across there, making engine work difficult without disconnecting it. The new spot keeps the wire tucked up and out of the way.